Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
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The Netherlands is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in equestrian team dressage.
Support
In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games.[1][2]
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]
Football 7-a-side football
Netherlands national 7-a-side football team qualified for the Rio Paralympics as a result of the Regional Qualifier Allocation by virtue of being runners-up at 2014 European Championships while being ranked in the top 8 at the 2015 World Championships.[6]
Cycling
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, the Netherlands qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[7][8]
Equestrian
The Netherlands were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where they won the silver medal in the team event.[9][10]
- Team Dressage – 4 quota places
Rowing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. The Netherlands qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a sixth-place finish in a time of 05:06.200. They qualified a second boat in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with a fifth-place finish in a time of 04:08.420.[11][12]
Sailing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Netherlands qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the SKUD 18 event with a fourth-place finish overall and the first country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Rolf Schrama and Sandra Nap.[13][14][15]
Swimming
The Netherlands has qualified nineteen swimmers into the Paralympic tournaments.[16]
- Men
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Simon Boer | SB7 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| Marc Evers | S14 100 m backstroke | ||||
| SB14 100 m breaststroke | |||||
| SM14 200 m medley | |||||
| Duncan van Haaren | SB9 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| Thijs van Hofweegen | S6 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S6 100 m freestyle | |||||
| Mickael Schoenmaker | S4 100 m freestyle | ||||
| S4 200 m freestyle | |||||
| SM4 150 m medley | |||||
| Bas Takken | S10 400 m freestyle | ||||
| Olivier van de Voort | S10 100 m freestyle | ||||
| S10 400 m freestyle | |||||
| S10 100 m backstroke | |||||
| SM10 200 m medley | |||||
- Women
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lisa den Braber | SB7 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| SM8 200 m medley | |||||
| Liesette Bruinsma | S11 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S11 100 m freestyle | |||||
| SB11 100 m breaststroke | |||||
| Sanne Hofman | S13 100 m backstroke | ||||
| Lisa Kruger | S10 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S10 100 m freestyle | |||||
| S10 100 m backstroke | |||||
| SB9 100 m breaststroke | |||||
| SM10 200 m medley | |||||
| Marlou van der Kulk | S14 200 m freestyle | ||||
| S14 100 m backstroke | |||||
| SB14 100 m breaststroke | |||||
| SM14 200 m medley | |||||
| Chantal Molenkamp | S10 50 m freestyle | ||||
| Marije Oosterhuis | S10 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S10 100 m freestyle | |||||
| S10 400 m freestyle | |||||
| S10 100 m backstroke | |||||
| Lisette Teunissen | S3 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S3 100 m freestyle | |||||
| S3 50 m backstroke | |||||
| SM4 150 m medley | |||||
| Magda Toeters | SB14 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| SM14 200 m medley | |||||
| Manon Vermarien | S9 400 m freestyle | ||||
| Chantalle Zijderveld | S10 50 m freestyle | ||||
| S10 100 m freestyle | |||||
| SB9 100 m breaststroke | |||||
| SM10 200 m medley | |||||
| Cléo Keijzer |
4 × 100 m medley relay 34 points | ||||
Wheelchair basketball
Men
The Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[17]
Women
The Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[17]
See also
References
- ↑ "Nations officially invited to Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Vietnam looks towards 2016 Rio Paralympics". Nhan Dan. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Paralympic Qualification Update". IFCPF. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "First equestrian spots confirmed for Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Great Britain's dressage team win world title to qualify for Rio". BBC Sport. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Rowing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "(ASM1x) AS Men's Single Sculls - Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Sailing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "SKUD 18". Royal Yacht Club Victoria. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Gekwalificeerden". Paralympic TeamNL. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheechair Basketball Canada. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.